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“Klimt layered hammered gold leaf over crimson, emerald, and lapis until ornament and figure could no longer be told apart.”
Gustav Klimt
Painter · Symbolism · 1862–1918
Austrian symbolist of the Vienna Secession whose lovers and portraits glow with gold leaf and jewel-toned mosaic.
The Palette
The Works
The Kiss
1907–1908
Wikipedia ↗Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I
1907
Wikipedia ↗Judith and the Head of Holofernes
1901
Wikipedia ↗Danaë
1907–1908
Wikipedia ↗Tree of Life (Stoclet Frieze)
1910–1911
Wikipedia ↗Curatorial Note
“Klimt layered hammered gold leaf over crimson, emerald, and lapis until ornament and figure could no longer be told apart.”
Austrian symbolist of the Vienna Secession whose lovers and portraits glow with gold leaf and jewel-toned mosaic.